Five police officers and a civilian worker involved in the Metropolitan police's phone-hacking investigation have faced misconduct allegations, Scotland Yard has confirmed.

The group included three detective constables and a civilian worker who have resigned from or left the Operation Weeting investigation following disciplinary action.

Two of the detective constables had allegations of "other neglect or failure of duty" upheld against them and are no longer working on Operation Weeting, the Met said.

A further detective constable is suspended over alleged leaks to journalists, and a civilian worker left Operation Weeting following a final written warning in June last year over "discreditable conduct".

Scotland Yard revealed the misconduct allegations in response to a Freedom of Information request by the Sun.

The force said a total of nine employees stationed on Operation Weeting and the parallel Operation Elveden probe into alleged illegal payments to public officials had been accused of misconduct at some point in their employment at the force.

One Operation Elveden officer is under investigation over failure of duty allegations relating to a previous police inquiry.

Police said that a former Operation Weeting detective also received "management action" in July last year over mistakes made in a previous investigation.

Scotland Yard launched Operation Weeting two years ago this month in response to allegations of phone hacking at the now-closed News of the World.

A total of 26 suspects, mainly journalists, have been arrested and bailed under the investigation. The Operation Weeting probe prompted the spin-off inquiries Operation Elveden and Operation Tuleta, into breaches of privacy and computer hacking.

A spokesman for the Met police said: "Many of the misconduct matters involving staff from Operations Weeting, Elveden and Tuleta took place prior to the officers being posted to these operations. The MPS takes all matters of misconduct and professional behaviour seriously.

"It should, however, be noted that the majority of these cases were at the less serious end of the scale and that the sanction of 'Management Action' is not a formal misconduct outcome and is considered to be part of the normal managerial responsibility of managers in the police service."

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